The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18

q 4 VI
y ana 9 resist u % estimate its power ard 1
lia HeAkgeeA % apprHheud the deliberate /
Rlifaose @ ne peoP,a, and % hold It aeainut
y ita9fL ~ 10 the abQicatiqn Of governments 4
Ehen he tskes tts informal forces, ~ con.
fussd az tationu Is impulse. for Tie iaR
Ape y vas thi9 1aistake In estimating I
nllniic ,2p1nlSqn during the administration d |
pullfes ana our npn-progressiTa course II /
he had Injected into bis government that /
power and force and wrapped around Il that /
into Office these beneficial IFifug0cpe p6fiid |
haEe been felt But, unfortunately, he mis- |
took the spirit ard temper Of the pe1plat ard |
Z qeaa eoasefyatism took the plaee Of enter
s,i5t,,, ahQ etharsy succeeded 70 energy and
Am moi right in making this stassmentg
s ~ not fact that the complaint was hniger-
~ ~ ~ w. y q Coz Rieh9Es
NOT respond 10 that Awakening Hnirit that
swept oyer the State in 1891
:, GpY. NICHOLS gas backed and supported b.
ttne beFt equipped political army thht ever sus-
talned any man. He was assisted By the hbiest
leHlBlatiFe body ever convened in this State
re vas borne into Office almost ppoa the
IoIce and directed i would have given, 10
LOUISIANA during hip tenn q Prosperity
that Il bss taken years Of unremitfinR toll Of
the people to accomplish.
Gen, Nichols seys in his speech, read ct
naehafie and at other points IN the State,
thAe dis candidacy for Governor has been in
dueed w the belief tlst be viii restore unity
t1eTt liz hss Oily u eoaseTt ibe INN 6 s5
holders whom have appointed, and some of
VIXEN are numbered among my friends, As
all we rest the purest and The bsstn are
THE RANKS OF THE BIRssEp EEFoRMvRa
Why then should he undertake such $ task
Why should he go through the trouble and
the fatigue q campaign i all the people en-
eept TINS lnsighibeapt number are with him
There y . deeper significance In his cam
pQign. II must be beyond his missionary
Efforts TO convert these few. What il III
Ihe only attack the party has received has
been through him and bis immediate fol-
lowers. When he WAS in office be had the
undivided support Of the party. Those who
did not receive recognition from him did not
rebel ,agsinst the party. had no influence
with his administration, yet HB Democrat
unwilling to see q Democratic administration
adversely criticised, quit my buslfleFs and
made vigorous campaign ia It's detense and
alter the expiration Of his term Of Office. For
this service he extended to me his cordial
thanks In o letter to i, Q. Etubbs. When he
4 left the Office the discontent commenced
4 When he wrote TO me in one eingle letter.
TO call my attention to those Of hia slate ep-
4 pointees ia whom be was most interested .
\ he evidenced Q Willingness TO support the
Ems t sdmi tfat ton Hppointed gone;
plication for Tom Handy, the hero Of the 9th
| Of January. the organizer and estahlisheT
| 81 bis government nceordinR 10 bis published
| letter VI me. He was not APPOINTED,
/ Discomfort grew into mutterings, until Il
| broke into denupeiatiOn. a party was Or
| gonized in New Orleans against the Regular
| Democracy, and the local questions passed
into State issues, when Gen. Rieholls, tie
| leader of the movement. annQuneed bis in
/ tention 10 marshal all his forces, eq-opefate
4 with any party or color to break doWa the
State 9dministfatio n-lthe ring, Ne he ehAracr
| teIlzed ii. There are no reasons alleged for
l this movement, except that personal Rdher-
| ents, according 70 bis statement q the
| powers that be, " have been selected for the
Offices. These are Democrats and there can
l therefore, from Democratic etandpoipt, be
no objection TO them AZ long az they ere
| recognized as capable and efheient, Tic
1 State has prospered in all her nlAteriel inter
| este; the fSots aud figures prove tlia. 1t
\ should be the pride OF Democrats to feeog~
! lize this material adYaneemept under
/ Democrats have contributed, Whist, then, il
| the reason for this extraordinary ehfnpR1G nt
4 this denunciation OF an honest, talthfula and
4 progressive Democratic admlnlstEptton
Rani2stion 81 the State goyernmeBt ~ .
! separate party 70 carry out the peculiar views
| that Coy Nichols and his friends enter
tgin2 How ere " q i9egf q ,l s9ese gl "
man except BY his public expressionst
/ In this campaign he utters none ex-
cept his views g e personal eppoint-
ments. His past nttefsnces, however, come
/ 10 us and from these we are assured q ges-
| eTnnent for Tic Whole people which means
sany party Or color which VII Cooperate
/ with him In the formation Of this new party
4 ID dtReat DemocFa 10 decentralization, ~ this
is not bis policy let him speak out w the whole
| people of the State and declare that he y IN
! favor Of q white man & gqSefnHeTt, nos eqlg
4 suceeRs, will feel assured thBt he VIII 8nlg
use Is alliances for his own purpose aud
4 viii abandon tliGna When he shah hst ben
ssS,,,4 n, tl,s srb No ~ s1fce0fa y }fe
I ellprem8cy. i said something on this 80 beet
/ ct Monroe. have been q careful rsaqst 81
ealored literature " t9ie ht9se snd ! have
\ NE Atdeii majority for purpDseB Of race
\ ACKNOWLEDGMENT aud supremacy.
l IA New 0rleans thes9 q o cglored re|igt ous
/ paper which advocates the Inisceg enation q
4 {he races, and another which hold in lpy
4 hand, Which repfodueed the editorial Of Tie
/ coiofed edi tor 10 do tgoIefy, Ash; fof which
IL had e Rec fof his hie eng inaoIs 81. y 4.
| every white Woman Is the South. Here Is
I whst he says Of my Monroe speech;
.m'BSERy At MoERoE.u
l iFTaa most remarkable speech delivered
! during the present campaign for the Demo
cratic gubeflRtoipal nomination IN this STATE
IL AhRt OF Coy. McI3nefy AZ Monroe, l4a. On
the 18th. For bitterness o. expression, for
1 utter disregard yof public opiniopi n out
raiiks anything tbat Tor long years has come
ffio enra liz speech Up, that d the politi-
\ cal BART 0f It, Coy. McEneFy believes in the
4 supreilaey of the white people, even when
\ they are IN the, minority, eg they are II
4 DR.. Palmer, Shat God Almighty has him
! self drawn the color line, and that orr iViI-
/ izAtion has to be- worked out by white nTainft
4 white muscle and white sylnpathiess} ana
further INT nc plans rasorted to BY flle bull
4 doZers Of Duaehita, IeuARs, k1tchitoehsR
n and other places where the Republicans are
4 iii u majority, we're also right
n IL any black man, Any negro With one
spark Of manhood 10 bus COMP hon, adso-
4 Gates, either IN aGt or word, the fe-electl0n
4 II AieEnery he u unworthy " being q free
man, and SHOULD be scorned alq fEeate2 ~ Y
With that najesty Of presence peculiar 70
/ him, WITH those Christian virtues that enYei-
ope his soul, With that msntsi power, tnRt e
one else possesses, with that mstchless elo-
quenee that no other ipe can utter n iae
PRESENCE OF large colored audience az NE
fnAutaifation OF the State 0olofed Un1N eIaityi
ma never heard, described the civilization
II 81 the age, the power OF the Anglo dxuIl
n race AZ tie race element thRt produce ~ ttnd
said that is belIeysd ln the nj alst!lS.
work out III own destiny AZ appointed by
providence. under tlie leadership a4ld diiec
ton 81 the Ang Shxon race, whose blood On
3lis continent y streagt heqed and reiIlt9ree.5
~ tie blood Of the Iouson isndi
would add, in Lopisiena BY q strong
infusion 0f The blood 81 tae great
4 l.Hfln IaGFIs. ana Will AA1A4H1tftt ~
in0ved and directed BY Christian lnl.
pulsea, this great race would ieqeh ont ltS
7, hande aud hit AID, edueAtes akRiet ana AQ'
vance Tie cal0Fed race "a its aIpointed qea-
finy mot to control and dQminnte The white
Y rase, but te move on ~ 3 direction Eafslls ~
II mig be- but III 3 EQRihon hnpolalnete q
the white aace. Ana allls desiefatslin WIZ WI
plAuded to the echo by ne colofed aadieles
That listened to IN
tbis complexion snail ION forces with a5ly
party p this STATE and 2gertnrlRI; 3 Nhsse
mif thaf thiR eolofed majority, inanaeasliie;
by inferior IL moiais and intel gepee, Aslail
on that aecount share me government YAH
IL the Monroe speech ayAiled myself q
tha OPPORTUNITY 10 express my eleseqt nom
, EEau, Niehalls atatement on ne nlaHlleT "
wiieh lis government waa orGAxii1eqs 4 ~
! not Think II was creditnble 10 ouf Htal&eiilan
alp and our honor ~ = people a9 nei
nR7biaS ~ MoEEY AND FaTnoNAoE
dishonest negro legislators should outFeiell
tlls honest FORTS Of the people IN Isl ailc
he lsbors aud diplomacy q oqr reIl itf-
lives ii the Senate and n Cenggess, q